Astra Film Corp
Not to be confused with British film company Astra Films
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Astra Film Corp was a film production company in the United States during the silent film era.[1] Louis J. Gasnier was the company's president. George B. Seitz co-founded it. It was making films by 1916. It became Louis J. Gasnier Productions after Seitz left.[2]
The studio operated in Jersey City, New Jersey before expanding to Fort Lee, New Jersey.[3]
The Fort Lee studio site at 1 Congress Street was acquired from Pathé in 1916.[4] The company distributed its films with Pathe. Rolin Studio in Los Angeles also worked with Pathe.[5]
The company's Hands Up! serial inckuded a storyline featuring the Inca.[6]
The studio produced Pathe's photoplay films including Stranded in the Arcady. It was an adaptation of a story by Francis Lynde and starred Irene Castle. It was directed by Frank Crane.[5]
The company also produced the The Fatal Ring and The Seven Pearls serials.[5]
Arthur Miller worked for the company.[when?] Grace Darmond left Selig to work for the company.[when?]
Filmography
- Via Wireless (1915)[4]
- Pearl of the Army (1916), a serial
- The Shielding Shadow (1916)
- The Romantic Journey (1916)
- The Black Orchid (1916 film) starring Grace Darmond
- Arms and the Woman (1916)
- May Blossom (1917 film) (1917)[7]
- The Seven Pearls (1917), a serial
- The Fatal Ring (1917), a 19 chapter serial
- The Hidden Hand (1917), a serial
- Kick In (1917 film) (1917)
- The Cigarette Girl (1917)
- The Mystery of the Double Cross (1917)
- Caleb Piper's Girl, starring Helene Chadwick[8]
- The Hunting of the Hawk (1917)
- Vengence is Mine (1917)
- Stranded in Arcady (1917)[9]
- Hands Up! (1918), a serial
- Yellow Ticket (1918)
- Hands Up! (1918)
- The House of Hate (1918)
- The Honest Thief (1918)
- The Mystery of the Doublecross
- The Naulahka (film) (1918)
- The Hillcrest Mystery (1918)
- House of Hate (1918), a serial
- A Japanese Nightingale (1918)
- The Adventures of Ruth (1919)
- The Tiger's Trail (1919), a serial
- The Lightning Raider (1919)
- The Pleasant Devil (1919)
- Daredevil Jack (1920)
- The Phantom Foe (1920)
- Pirate Gold (1920), a serial
- The Third Eye (1920), a serial
- Trailed By Three (1920)
References
- ↑ "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. November 7, 1916 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Silent Wierdness". silentwierdness.blogspot.com.
- ↑ Koszarski, Richard (March 2, 2005). "Fort Lee: The Film Town (1904-2004)". Indiana University Press – via Google Books.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Pathé Fort Lee – The Movie Studios". themoviestudios.com.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Motography". August 17, 1917.
- ↑ "Motography". November 7, 1918 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures". U.S. Government Printing Office. November 7, 1917 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Caleb Piper's Girl". cplorg.contentdm.oclc.org.
- ↑ "Irene Castle and Frank Hall Crane on a film set. | Photograph". Wisconsin Historical Society. December 1, 2003.
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